by Lu Li-Na. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 37-39). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --- p.v / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vi / CHAPTERS / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.0 --- Overview --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Research Objective --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Outline of this Study --- p.3 / Chapter II. --- LITERATURE REVIEW AND MODEL DEVELOPMENT --- p.4 / Chapter 2.0 --- Overview --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1 --- Previous Research --- p.4 / Chapter 2.2 --- Conceptual Framework --- p.6 / Chapter 2.3 --- Conceptual Model --- p.8 / Chapter 2.4 --- Hypotheses --- p.10 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- The Effect of Attitude toward Gift Receiving on Intention to Reciprocate --- p.10 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- "The Effects of Closeness, Usefulness, and Occasion on Attitude toward Gift Receiving" --- p.11 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- The Effect of Positive Feelings on Attitude toward Gift Receiving --- p.12 / Chapter III. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.14 / Chapter 3.0 --- Overview --- p.14 / Chapter 3.1 --- Research Design --- p.14 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Sample and the Sampling Procedures --- p.15 / Chapter 3.3 --- Data Collection Procedures --- p.15 / Chapter 3.4 --- Manipulations --- p.16 / Chapter 3.5 --- Operationalization of Constructs --- p.18 / Chapter 3.6 --- Data Analysis --- p.19 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- Manipulation Check --- p.19 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- Structural Equation Modeling --- p.20 / Chapter 3.7 --- Research Activities --- p.21 / Chapter 3.7.1 --- In-Depth Personal Interviews --- p.21 / Chapter 3.7.1.1 --- Objective of In-Depth Personal Interviews --- p.21 / Chapter 3.7.1.2 --- Method of In-Depth Personal Interviews --- p.22 / Chapter 3.7.1.3 --- Results of In-Depth Personal Interviews --- p.22 / Chapter 3.7.2 --- Preliminary Survey on Useful Gifts --- p.23 / Chapter 3.7.2.1 --- Objective of Preliminary Survey on Useful Gifts --- p.23 / Chapter 3.7.2.2 --- Method of Preliminary Survey on Useful Gifts --- p.23 / Chapter 3.7.2.3 --- Results of Preliminary Survey on Useful Gifts --- p.24 / Chapter 3.8 --- Pretest --- p.24 / Chapter IV. --- FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS --- p.26 / Chapter 4.0 --- Overview --- p.26 / Chapter 4.1 --- Manipulation Check --- p.26 / Chapter 4.2 --- Structural Equation Modeling Results --- p.27 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Measurement Model Results --- p.27 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Structural Model Results --- p.30 / Chapter V. --- CONCLUSIONS --- p.33 / Chapter 5.0 --- Overview --- p.33 / Chapter 5.1 --- Discussion --- p.33 / Chapter 5.2 --- Managerial Implications --- p.34 / Chapter 5.3 --- Limitations --- p.35 / Chapter 5.4 --- Future Research Directions --- p.36 / REFERENCE --- p.37 / Books --- p.37 / Periodicals --- p.38 / APPENDIX --- p.40 / Chapter 1. --- Scenarios --- p.40 / Chapter 2. --- Questionnaire Outline --- p.45 / Chapter 3. --- Personal Interviews Script for Gift Receiving --- p.46 / Chapter 4. --- Preliminary Survey on Useful Gifts --- p.77

<p>This essay investigates, on the basis of the medieval letters, diplomas, how the medieval monasticism contributed to the maintenance of the Danish society's gender structures. The theoretical starting points for the study are gender and class structures and Marcel Mauss presented gift - giving theory. Finally, a continuous comparison is made with Catharina Andersson's results in her dissertation, in which she examines the social structure in the Swedish medieval society. The primary material in the study is the Danish diplomas. 41 diplomas were found relevant for this study. The study is presented in one quantitative part and one investigating part in order to facilitate and clearer visualize the results. The study's results are that the medieval, Danish society, in bigger extent than the Swedish society, was a more integrated part of the European culture. This meant a tradition of the use of giving a daughter or a female relative as a gift and in exchange gain blessing of God. Aristocrats in the Danish society had more options than the Swedish aristocrats had, to serve God, among other thing in the form of serving knights in crusades.</p>

Little empirical research has been conducted on self-gifts as a phenomenon of consumer behavior. A review of literature demonstrated that the phenomenon of self-gifts has been studied from the conceptual aspect, such as self-gift functions. Yet, our knowledge of self-gifts still remains limited because many of the determinants of self-gifts have not been explored (occasions and motivations, self-gifts relation to self-concept, and cultural influences on self-gift behavior). The purpose of this study was to identify occasions that prompt female college students to purchase clothing as a self-gift and some of their motivations for purchasing clothing as gifts for themselves. The data from the respondents was collected through audio-recorded interviews and were transcribed and analyzed by the researcher. A purposive, non-probability sample of 19 female college students was used. The instrument used to measure the occasions and motivations for purchasing self-gifts was the Self-Gift Thematic Apperception Test (SGTAT) developed by Mick, DeMoss, and Faber (1992). This instrument is a specially adapted Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) based on Murstein's (1963) criteria which was derived from the original TAT developed by Murray (1938). The respondents were shown four SGTAT stimulus pictures of drawings of a young woman standing by a counter purchasing a clothing item, with a salesperson nearby. The titles above the drawings suggested common self-gift contexts based on prior research (Mick et al., 1992; Mick & DeMoss, 1990a). The four self-gift contexts were referred to as reward, therapeutic, birthday, and nice-to-self. Content and interpretive analysis were performed by coding the occasions and motivations in the stories that were reported by the respondents. Seventy-two usable Self-Gift Thematic Apperception Test stories were produced (18 respondents by 4 self-gift contexts). Results of the study indicated that personal situations, which were related to significant life-transitions, work-related matters, school-related matters, and interpersonal relationship conflicts were strong occasions that prompted the purchase of self-gifts. In addition, the results of this study indicated that reward, therapeutic, and nice-to-self are common motivations for purchasing gifts for the self. These findings indicated that specific occasions and motivations for purchasing self-gifts can be identified. / Graduation date: 1995

This essay investigates, on the basis of the medieval letters, diplomas, how the medieval monasticism contributed to the maintenance of the Danish society's gender structures. The theoretical starting points for the study are gender and class structures and Marcel Mauss presented gift - giving theory. Finally, a continuous comparison is made with Catharina Andersson's results in her dissertation, in which she examines the social structure in the Swedish medieval society. The primary material in the study is the Danish diplomas. 41 diplomas were found relevant for this study. The study is presented in one quantitative part and one investigating part in order to facilitate and clearer visualize the results. The study's results are that the medieval, Danish society, in bigger extent than the Swedish society, was a more integrated part of the European culture. This meant a tradition of the use of giving a daughter or a female relative as a gift and in exchange gain blessing of God. Aristocrats in the Danish society had more options than the Swedish aristocrats had, to serve God, among other thing in the form of serving knights in crusades.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 263-275). Also available on the Internet.

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Thesis (Th. M.)--Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-143).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Anthropology, August 1999. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.A.)--International School of Theology, 1990. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-119).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1992. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 229-264).